Synopsis: Open Source Security and Risk Analysis
Network Security · 2018
The open source movement has revolutionised the software world, from giving us powerful platforms such as operating systems and web servers down to the level of code snippets that solve specific problems. And leaving aside the debates around ‘free’ software, one of the promises of open source software (OSS) is the concept of ‘many eyes’ – that by being open to scrutiny by anyone, OSS leads to solutions that have fewer bugs. And that should mean fewer vulnerabilities, leading to fewer security issues.